I am so honored to have one of my oldest and dearest ride-or-dies, Shawn Campbell, with me on this episode!

Shawn is the founder and general manager of CHIRP Radio, an independent volunteer-driven radio station here in Chicago. She’s worked in commercial, college, public, and community radio over the course of her career, and I consider her radio’s truest believer.

Together, we discuss her radio career, and it is one hell of a cool story, folks.

Tune in as we also get into:

• The benefits of hyper-local radio stations for local communities
• The fun of wandering around an airport with no security on mushrooms (man, those were the days)
• Sexism in the radio world
• The difference in managing volunteers and employees
• How radio can connect us

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Links:

• Learn more about A Mary Nisi Productions
• Find your next DJ at Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab
• Tune in to CHIRP Radio
• Follow CHIRP on Instagram
• Follow CHIRP on Facebook

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Welcome back, folks! Today, I channel my inner Garth Brooks and blame it all on my roots…. and my own hard work and business acumen. 

Tune in to hear my post-yoga-retreat thoughts on why I believe my business has been successful, and why Phoebe Bridgers might just save us all.  

Links:

• Leave me a voicemail!
• Learn more about A Mary Nisi Productions
• Find your next DJ at Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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We’re starting off guest interviews this season with entrepreneur Scout Driscoll. Scout is the owner of DesignScout, a high-end design and marketing firm that specializes in restaurants and is working to give a fresh face to an outdated wine industry, all while prioritizing rest ethic over work ethic.

Tune in to hear us discuss:

• Design that lasts beyond trends
• The perks of being a problem-solving entrepreneur instead of a goal-oriented entrepreneur
• Pricing yourself correctly
• The beautiful side of seeing a low profit margin
• Making the lifestyle and happiness of employees a priority and letting the business follow

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Links:

• Learn more about A Mary Nisi Productions
• Find your next DJ at Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab
• Visit the Design Scout Website 
• DesignScout on Instagram
• Listen to the VINTed Podcast

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We’re back, friends! This return is a little later than I intended, but I explain it all here in our first episode of Season 3.

This week, I catch you up on what’s been happening on break (hint: it’s a lot), and talk about how the show is evolving this season.

Tune in for updates on vacations, injuries and the life lessons of it all. And don’t forget to smash that subscribe button so you never miss an episode, then come hang with us on Instagram & Twitter!

Links:

• Learn more about A Mary Nisi Productions
• Find your next DJ at Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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This week we’re wrapping up season two with Mary’s reflections on all the changes this year brought – including getting sober, moving to the suburbs, and creating two whole seasons of All Up In My Lady Business!

Tune in then smash that subscribe button, so you’re the first to know when we’re back for season three. And please send any & all requests to [email protected] – we want to hear from you!

Links & resources:

• Learn more about Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with The Toast & Jam Lab

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Today, I’m talking with the one and only Tereasa Surratt. If you live on this planet, you’ve likely seen her advertising and design work. But you may not know about the project closest to her heart— Camp Wandawega, a sustainability and preservation-minded camp in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Together, we talk about her journey from buying the camp to making it the incredible, communal, and passion-filled place that it is today.

While half of Tereasa’s life is Camp Wandawega, in the other half she is a thriving creative hybrid working with brands such as Dove, Mrs. Meyers, and the National Children’s Museum. In addition to her award-winning work in advertising, she is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, mom of an opinionated 16 year-old, and wife to an equally passionate husband.

Tune in to hear us discuss:

• Wes Anderson’s fantasy of a Summer camp
• The beauty and privilege of making choices based on heart, not on pocketbook
• Drawing the following you want organically and karmically from the beginning
• The rewarding feeling of creating something from nothing
• The rise of women in creative leadership
• The far-reaching impact of the Real Beauty campaign

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Links:

• Visit Tereasa’s Website
• Visit the Camp Wandawega Website
• Visit the Camp Wandawega Instagram
• Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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Money can be overwhelming especially when it comes to business finances. So today I’m talking with my personal bookkeeper and saving grace, Angie Noll. 

Angie is the owner of Reconciled Solutions, a bookkeeping and profit acceleration company for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Their mission is to guide small businesses with profitability acceleration, scalability, accounting, bookkeeping, organization, process improvement, cash planning, technology improvement, and budget support.

Together, we discuss best practices, worst practices (here’s to you, Elon Musk), and the Profit First business accounting model.

We also get into:

• The freeing experience of firing mean clients
• Claiming accurately on your taxes (seriously, folks)
• The different purposes of profit
• The importance of building relationships with clients and vendors
• When to hire a bookkeeper

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Links:

• Visit Reconciled Solutions’ Website
• Learn About the ERTC
• Order Profit First
• Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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Today, we’re digging into some heavy topics… but in a groovy way. Tune in to to hear my friend and fellow yogi, Judy Newton, share her incredible life story. Along the way we discuss the tough, but inevitable parts of life and how we find comfort in the communities of our making.

Judy is a Capricorn queen, former teacher, grief doula, and hippie realtor. She is also the chair of the Levy Senior Center Foundation Board where she is committed to learning and discovering more about herself and her community and the world within and around her.

We also discuss:

• Grief as a closeted function of our humanity
• How death doesn’t always make a great side hustle
• How therapy is about doing the work after the appointment
• Creating community in an increasingly isolating world
• Finding beauty in stillness and inspiration where you can get it

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Links:

• Buy The Art of Stillness
• Check Out the Levy Senior Center (and join the board!)
• Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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Today we have a spicy topic—the art and history of the Pinup Girl. I’m joined by the remarkable Maria Elena Buszek and together we talk about her journey to and through Art History school as a minority, the rise of the pinup girl in popular culture, and feminism from her perspective.

Maria is a scholar, critic, curator, and Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver, where she teaches courses on Modern and Contemporary art. Her recent publications include the books Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture and Extra/ordinary: Craft and contemporary art.

We also discuss:

• Choosing the dead white guy (or not)
• Becoming a feminist at the age of 9 thanks to a priest and a big dose of sexism
• WWII and the changing landscape of women as professional and sexual
• Generational issues that hold us back
• The Industrial Revolution’s impact on accessible pornography
• The disconnect between historical and contemporary craft work

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Links:

• Visit Maria’s Website
• Order Maria’s Books
• Follow Maria on Instagram
• Learn more about Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with The Toast & Jam Lab

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We’ve all heard of Dad Rock, but what about Mom Rock? Today Jessica Hopper is back on the podcast to discuss, debate, and maybe even discover what mom rock is and where it’s headed.

Jessica is a Chicago-based music critic and the author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, The Girl’s Guide to Rocking, and her memoir, Night Moves. Her new book No God But Herself: How Women Changed Music in 1975 will be available soon, so keep an eye out for it!

Tune in to also hear us discuss:

• Going viral on the last day of Twitter being ok as a platform
• Dad rock vs. mom rock
• The depths of Amy Mann and Fleetwood Mac
• Lindsay Buckingham’ buttons and possible cosmetic work
• The American Pie trick
• Our legendary childhood halloween costumes

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Links:

• Visit Jessica’s website
• Buy Jessica’s books
• Toast & Jam
• Launch your DJ business with the Toast & Jam Lab

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